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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
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Absolutely Pure.
JURY LIST.
STAT OF LOUISIANA, !

STAT; OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF RAPIDES.
DE 1T KNOWN AND REMEMBERED
ID that on this the 14th day Of Novem-
Der, 1887, that we the undersigned Jury
Commissioners, together with George ..
Watts, Clerk of the Twelfth Judicial Dis
trict Court in and for Rapidcs Parish,
Louisiana, and cx-otficio a member of said
Jury Commission, met in the Clerks Of
fee, in the Court House, in the Town OF
Alexandria, and in obedience to an order
issued out of the Honorable tho Twelfth
Judicial District Court, proceeded i'll obe-
dience to said order, to draw from the
General Venire Boz, the names Of thirty
qualified jurymen to serve as Jurors at the
January Term of tue District Court, to be
holden in January, 1888; service of said
jurors to begin on Monday, the 10th day
of January, "A. D. 1888, and the third
week Of said Court -
John Somnlcrs. .................Le comtc
J + Melder. ..................S Spring Hill
John Dunn. Alexandria
Scots Moore. ..lIccOmte
Clarence Compton. .............. Rapldes
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Alex Rougean ..................HI nest0h
P D Butler. Northumberland heneyville
w NJ Bonnet. .......... .Randolph's
Aaron Prescott Alexandra
B + Kirkland. .................H Hammock
Manuel BriScOe. Alexandra
NJ + McNutt ..................C alhoon's
Walter Z johnson. Alexandria
w ID Campbell. ..............C hencyville
John f Carroll. .Calhoon's
John Martins. Meller'S
c. b Stewart. ............. Alexandria
r "A EeiOacne ................ bOflanus
Win McCuin. Observation-Disclosures. Plnevllle
w Perkins. ..................C alhOOn's
Samuel Johnson. .Randolphs
II L Wills. .hanuOlpH =
Octan Marye.. ............. .Rapldes
Walter + Sorrelle. ......... Union Church
Charles Burns. ............U Union Church
j l. Helm. .Cheneyville
j A Gray ..................Uni Union Church
w Harper ............... .Calnoohs
G. w. BoLToN,
I.C. MILLER,
Jury Commissioners.
GEO. 0. WATTS,
Clerk and ex-of1icio member of the Jury
Commission.
A true copy:
GEO. o. WATTS, Clerk.
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A Lynching Bee in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, July THE excitement
on the streets of Peru during the after
noon and evening was intense. There
was free talk of taking Christ;anson from
tile jail and hanging him. Men stood to-
gether in groups and the shooting of DR..
North and the punishment of Christianson
formed the sole topic of conversation. The
talk finally crystalized in thorough and
systematic preparations. At 1915 this
twenty-five masked men ap-
peared at the jail and demanded the keys.
The demand vas refused and the mob
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The Chicago Boodlers.

CHICAGO, July 6.-Rumors to-day saying
that the jury in the county. commissioners
Doodle case had been Sfxed'' in the in
terest Of the defendants brought the case
to q stand still. Court adjourned for
several hours to give the states attorney
time to get at the bottom of the matter.
The result was formal charge that four
men had been slipped into the box who
should never have been admitted, viz:
Jno. S. Tate, o. w. Strander, W. M.
Parks and Daniel Cudohe. Tate is an ola
friend of Warden Warren and long time
member of Masonic lodge, and Cudohe
is said to be Mason. The others were
summoned by baliff McGill at the notice
of persons interested in acquital. The
states attorney wants all of them arraigned
so some at least can be challenged. The
judge postponed action until tomorrow.
CHICAGO, July 6.-Chas. W. Adams,
nominated some time since for warden of
the county hospital to succeed the con-
victed warden McGarigle, did not accept.
Yesterday the indicted commissioners
succeeded in selecting their candidate,
John Stephens.
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Great Falls Notes.

Bill Mcclellan and Dan Mckay in
dulged in boat race for $50 side on the
9TH, the latter not being satisfied with the
result on the 4th. We have not yet
learned the issue.
IT. D. Burghardt has formed business
partnership with w. F. Parker in real
estate. insurance and mines, and is now
at his post of duty.
Sinclair & Arnold, of st. Paul, will en-
gage in the wholesale liquor and cigar
business and have leased the Vaughn
block.
The Tribune says: A young man, famil-
iarly known as 'sBrad," who has been
tending bar for Mr.. Willis at the Great
Falls Chop House, for some time past,
was discharged day before yesterday.
Last evening while in hilarious condi-
tion he made an assault upon the banjo
player connected with the house, with a
knife, but parties interfering, no blood
was shed. A warrant was Immediately
procured, but before it could be served,
Brad procured horse and skipped.
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The Surveyor Generals Office.

HELENA, July 9.-Surveyor General
Green has appointed C. w. Helmick, a
former employe of the office, but now in
business for himself with Geo. K. Reeder,
as his chief clerk. The appointment is
only temporary and an accommodation on
Mr.. Helmick's part pending the time
when Mr.. Green can find man willing
to fill the office permanently and capable
of doing so. He was disposed to appoint
Mr.Reeder but that gentleman is ineligible
by reason of being United States deputy
mineral surveyor and is also disinclined to
resign his outside business to work on a
salary. Col. DeLacy was also considered
but Mr.. Green dared not open the Office of
chief draughtsman which Col. DeLacy
now fills, and run the chances of getting
a much less competent man and one unac-
customed to the work to fill it.
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The Mining Engineers.

BUTTE, July 8.-Final arrangements for
the entertainment of the mining engi-
neers have been completed by the board
Of trade. They will arrive Tuesday morn
ing and in the afternoon visit the Ana
conda and Gagnon mines, and in the even
ing hold business session. Wednesday
and Thursday they will visit the Alice,
Lexington, Parrott, Moulten and Blue
bird mines and the Parrott, Colusa and
Colorado smelters. Wednesday night
there will be business session and Thurs
day banquet. Friday the Anaconda
smelters will be visited. There are twen-
ty-nine in the party.
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The Wool Buyers.

The wool buyers now sojourning in the
city, and there are a; goodly number of
them, are having ga regular picnic. :"
They arise betimes in the morning, often
too late for the matutinal meal, and seek
ing the shady side of the hotel, manage to
worry through until dinner time, when
they stow away as much Of the landlords
proVinder as they can find room for. After
dinner they indulge in a fragrant Havana
and then in siesta for few hours, again
appearing on the 'sshady side,'' when they
struggle through the time until supper is
annou1ced, occasionally snmmoning suf-
ficient energy to combat the views of one
of the commission men present or to enter
into dissertation on the weakness of the
market in Boston. Sam Wilkinson who
has followed this agreeable routine for
some two weeks has put on about twenty
additional pounds of flesh and his land
lord keeps him on exhibition as long as
possible as an advertisement of his ho..se.
Mr.. Martin has not been with us SO long.
bus 1t is evident that the picnic" is agree
ing with him. Mr.. Putnam, who came
here looking as lean and hungry as Cas-
sius is supposed to have been. will not be
by his Boston friends when he |
returns. Henry Mac'lonal !, being ae-
cliilattd and naturally disposed to take
things easy is not much affected, besides
he does some hard mental work trying to
keep up with all the late sermons Of Revs. |
Talmage, small and otner divileS j. p.
McCabe deVotes the time that otherwise
would anguish on his hands to .shides and
pelts" and is kept reasonably busy; and
L. w. Peck. who also ranks with the
buyers, keeps off the inertia by writing
bristling editorials for the Wool Grower.
Although all of these htyers have been
lefe Tor some week aiid the town is full
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of growers and the warehouses of wool,
not single clip has been purchased and
we are not certain that q consignment has
been made. This state of affairs grows
out of the fact that the buyers and grow
ers do not look at the market through the
same glasses, and their views of the situa-
ton are somewhat at variance. A ''break"
is expected soon, however, when there
will be some lively figuring and numerous
sales all along the line. Then "the picnic'
will end, and there will be wrestling with
wool sacks, brisk manipulation of the
marking brush and hurrying to and fro
to make ready for shipment on the "next
hOat.''
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the "shady side" of the big hotel is in
creasing daily.

the ''shady side" of the big hotel is in
creasing daily.
Mr.. FL. NJ. Martin amused himself for
awhile this morning by assisting in herd
ing Mr.. Armington's big band of sheep,
and was rewarded by receiving as a pres
ent fine shepherd dog. Mr.. Arlington
thinks that the gentleman, after a little
experience, would make irst-elass
herder.
Among the wool growers who arrived in
the city since Saturday are A. W. and j.
z. Bower and N. E. Metcalf. of Stanford !;
o. g. Records and w. Fl. Black. of Ben
ton and Theo. Gibson of Great Falls.
Sheriff Black who has just returned
from Choteau estimates that there are
still 1000 pounds of wool at Choteau,
Dupuyer and Birch creek to be brought
to this market.
Drs. Fairfield and Ladd of Great Falls,
both wool growers, will he on hand in
time to do justice to- the champagne.
Wool was received as follows up TO 2
O'Clock to-day at the several warehouses:
L. G. Baker & Co.. 216 sacks; 7. C. Pow
er & Bro s 105; Murphy, Maclay & Co. s,
75;. At the latter place 5000 pounds of
pelts were also received.
Mr.. Paris Gibson, the father of the wool
business in northern Montana, will prob
ablp be in attendance at the meeting of
the association this week. He is expected,
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CsaEaaa1ifty Jane.

The Cheyenne Leader interviewed
Calamity Jane, who admits to having seen
forty summers. She was born Of poor
parents at Fort Washakie, and was adopt
ed into the family of an officer stationed
there, but ran away and entered upon a
sporting" life at The age of 13 years. She
stared that when she was first in Chey-
enne the only houses were tents, and she
had seen man, now one of the most sub
stantial church members of the city, "ride
into every saloon in town and shoot every
man he saw who didn't wear a big white
hat" At Bismarck couple of army
officers fought on her account. One was
killed, and she had to escape from the
lynchers by starting to Deadwood dressed
in mems clothes and riding broncho.
She lost the road and was nearly staryed
to death for six days. She then became q
mule-whacker, making ten trips between
Deadwood and Cheyenne. She then
opened headquarters for the Black Hills
stage robbers, bat refuses to tell anything
about the men engaged in the robheries.
Becoming tired Of that, she went to Lam
der, and in less than twenty-four hours
drunken cow boy had killed storekeeper
on her account. She says she was sorry
but could not help it She then went to
and was in that town when the
C tes attacked the place at midday, and
remembers we'll the night when Lacey and
Opium Bob were strung up at the stock
yards. Two years ago she married Mr..
Steers in that town, where her home now
is, and with the exception of her sprees, is
living reasonably quiet.
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Mr.. Conrad's Return.

Mr.. C. E. Conrad and family returned
home last Friday. Mr.. Conrad has but
little to say in regard to his mission to st.
Paul, but like all other Bentonites is graf
flied over its success. After the situation
was explained to Mr.. Hill by Messrs. Ma
ginnis and Conrad, the favorable decision
was promptly made and afterwards Mr..
Hill kept them busy for couple of hours
answering inquiries in regard to the re-
sources of this country.
Mr.. Conrad was informed by Mr.. Hill
that he (the latter would be in Fort Ben
ton about the Goth Of July or earlier. He
is coming over the line of the road to
make personal inspection Of the country.
If there is a boat here at the time he will
return by river to the end of the track; if
not, be will make the return trip by way
of Helena. The Manitoba chieftain will
receive a royal welcome at Fort Benton.
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Fatal Flames.

THoMPsoN's FALLS, July 7.-Between
end O'Clock this morning the house of
Thos. Waymack, on the south side of the
river, was burned to the ground. Two
children, aged three and two years respec-
lively, were alone in the house and were
burned to death before assistance could be
rendered. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The mother had gone On some
errand to the house of neighbor, some
two miles distant, and returned to find her
home and children gone. She is crazed
with grief.
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Lew. Roberts.

The Lew E. Robertson who was killed
in the Occur d. Alenes was without doubt
the Lew Roberts who formerly lived at
this place and whose last occupation was
that of canvasser for the old Benton
Record. The following in regard to the
affair is from the Missoula Times, leaving
tia question of doubt as to whether it was
murder or suicide
@'About year ago he formed an attach
nnent for woman of easy virtue known as
'sRoXy," and they have since that time
laved together and been known as husband
and wife, and were alone in their room at
the time of the fatal discharge of the
pistol. She says she was standing before
the mirror making her toilet. when she
heard report. On looking around she
saw Robertson fall and ran to him. The
opinion as to whether he shot himself or
whether he was murdered is the question
that is now agitating the minds of the
citizens Of that place. He was a young
man of fine personal bearing, prepossess-
Ing, versatile, and withal a man that had
seemingly been reared in luxury and
affiuence.- After long and careful con-
sideration the coroner's jury brings in the
unsatisfactory verdict 'sthat he came to
his death by a revolver shot fired from
the hands of some unknown party
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-07-13
Marriage in High Life.

New HAVEN, Conn, July Cyan Phan
Lee, of the fragrant hills of China, who
graduated with high honors at Yale last
commencement, was to-day united in ma
riage to Miss Elizabeth Maude Jerome, :.
New Haven heiress. The ceremony was
performed at the residence of the brides
mother. This wedding is the first one in
New Haven where Yankee girl married
a Chinaman, and the event creates consid-
cradle comment. After wedding trip to
Narragansett Pier Mr.. and Mrs. Yan Phan
Lee will reside in New Haven. The
groom intends to enter the journalistic
field.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-07-13
POPLAR RIVER REACHED.
Five Miles of Track to Be Laid Daily on the
Manitoba Hereafter.

ST. PAUL, July S.-The track layers on
the Montana extension of the Manitoba
have reached Poplar river, 210 miles west
of Minot. For 230 miles west of this
point, as far as Assinniboine, a continual
line of graders is at work and the grade
is practically completed to that point,
which is 440 miles west of Minot and 108
miles of the great falls of the Missouri.
The work of construction has been mach
delayed by heavy rains and the tracklayers
have only been able to make four miles
per day, but it is expected that from this
time forward the expectations of the con-
tractors will be realized and FIVE miles per
day laid.
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The Boulder Valley Road.

HELENA, July 10.-The Boulder Valley
railroad is now nearly all graded dis
tance of 80 miles from Jefferson. The
track is laid to the summit of the Wickes
divide and the steel would have long ago
been laid to Boulder but for the fact that
the spring floods here stopped the saw
mills and numbering operations and pre-
vented getting out some Of the required
bridge timbers. In short time, how
ever, the steel will be laid not only to
Boulder but as far as Basin.
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Manitoba Officials.

Mr.. c. McDaniels, travelling freight
agent of the Manitoba railroad, arrived in
the city Saturday and is quartered at the
Grand Union. Mr.. McDaniels has made
the trip from Miles city on horseback and
has taken in the country pretty thorough
ly, visiting nearly all points in the Judith
Basin with the view of future business re-
lations. He finds Northern Montana a
bigger and better field than he expected
and notes with surprise the immense ship
ments of wool and merchandise that Fort
Benton offers. Mr.. McD. says the rail-
road will be completed to this city without
doubt by the 10th Of September and that
his people will be ready to bid for the car
rying Of the wool, stock and everything
else after that date. He expects to meet
General Traffic Manager Alexander here
not later than tomorrow and that promi-
nent official will Of course be prepared
to talk business. Mr.. Alexander will
come over the Northern Pacific to Helena
and thence by coach to this city. He is
expected this evening OR tomorrow.
Northern Montana will be Mr.. McDaniels'
field and while he will make Fort Benton
his Headquarters for the present he expects
to be son the go" most of the time.
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Foreign Flashes.

MADRID, July The queen regent yes
terday received the new Papal nuncio, and
cordial greetings were exchanged,
MONTREAL, July 7.-Canadian cholera
is more prevalent this season than for
many years. Children are dying OF chol-
era infantum at an alarming rate
HALIFAX, July REV. Ely Edyhill,
chaplain general TO the British army in
London, was yesterday elected bishop.
The diocese and the hishopric were vacant
through The death Of Bishep Binny.
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An Explosion.

ARLINGTON, N. j., July 6.-An explo-
sion occurred in the Celluloid Manufac-
turing company's works this morning.
Two men were instantly killed and about
twenty others injured, none fatally. The
works were destroyed; loss, $4,000. A
number of stores and houses were dam
aged and people were thrown down from
the force of the explosion. The loss in
the town cannot be estimated.
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Military Movements.

WASHINGTON, July s.. 'ol. Dodge at
Pierre, has received orders to concentrate
his regiment at Fort Yates as soon as pos
sible and proceed by rail to Duluth and
across the lakes TO Buffalo, N. Y. The
Twelfth Infantry has not arrived at the
forts yet. The post traders and residents
at the post are uneasy over the prospect
of being left without military protection
as between 300 and 400 Indians are loafing
around.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-07-13
A Mining RumOr.

BUTTE, July 7.-Information has been
received here that Leonard and Philip
Lewison and Sally Reinheim, of the Mon
tana Copper Co., and L. X. Larrabie,
owner of the Mountain View, are en- route
for Butte in special car and will reach
here Saturday. Knowing ones affect to
believe that this means uniting of the
two properties under one management and
the resumption of active work in both.
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The Drain on the Treasury.
Special to the River Press.

Special to the River Press.
HELENA, July 11.-During the first six
week days of July, says the Independent,
certificates for about 10000 squirrels and
5000 prairie dogs were presented to the
territorial auditor. Including other boun-
ty certificates about $4,000 was paid out
during these days for bounty claims. The
squirrels are coming in from Meagher,
Fergus and Choteau counties as well as
from Gallatin, and the prairie dogs from
Lewis and Clarke and other counties.
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broke down the large iron bars, and in
fifteen minutes the prisoner was in thier
possession. He was taken on dead run
down Broadway to the bridge crossing the
Wabash river when he was twice strung
up, the first time without the desired re-
suit, but the second time his life was ex-
tinguished He died at y: As. The
lynching was witnessed by about 1000
people. DR.. North is lying in a very criti-
cal condition with the chances against his
recovery.
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Major Walker in High Feather.

TACOMA, W. T., July 8.-Delegates from
the Duluth and Helena boards of trade
were banqueted last, night at the Tacoma
hotel and to-day with about forty citizens
had an excursion by rail to the Colorado
coal mines and coke ovens and the hay
fields in Puyallis valley. The steamer
Olympia arrived at 6 p. M, with 80 pas
sengers from Alaska who take the North
ern Pacific tomorrow.
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The Hot Weather

OF midsummer has weakening effect,
both upon body and mind. You feel ab-
solutely incapable of doing any arduous
work, and even light duties are performed
languidly and unwillingly. This low state
of the system causes even greater infirmity,
and gives opportunity for serious disease to
gain loothold. In this condition the sys-
tenn is quick to respond to the reviYing,
quiekening, and strengthening effects of
Hoods SarsapariIla, which purifies the
blood, regulates the digestive organs, and
infuses fresh life and vigor into every por-
ton of the body. People who have taken
it write us, saying: cit puts new life right
into one." sit makes me young again. )"
Reader, if you suffer from summer weak
ness, try Hoods Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses
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Butte Court Notes.

BUTTE, July 6.-The variety bill of the
district court to-day, the proprietors of the
Arion being on trial. A verdict of not
guilty was returned.
In the district court to-day a divorce
was granted Mrs. Fannie Osborne from
her husband Harry Osborne, and she was
given the custody Of the child. He made
no defense.
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A Treasury Decision.

WASHINGTON, July e.-The treasury de-
partment has decided that an American
vessel which arrived at New York with a
cargo of fish caught off the coast of New
Foundand is exempted lrou the super,i-
sion OF the customs officials on the ground
that she did not clear from foreign port
and because her cargo was free Of duty.
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"A Uransfer.

BUTTE, July "A deed was filed to-day
by which A. w. McCune transferred to
the Anaconda Fluming Co. all his inter-
est in the Caplice & McCune wood flume
and the water rights appertaining thereto
for 5000 shares of stock in the Anaconda
company, valued at $50 each.